Product
Samsung Galaxy Note9
Samsung Galaxy Note9
Samsung Galaxy M56
Samsung Galaxy M56
Battery
Charging 15W wired Wireless (Qi) (market dependent) 45W wired
Type Li-Ion 4000 mAh, non-removable 5000 mAh
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus+), plastic frame, glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus+)
Dimensions 161.9 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm (6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 in) 162 x 77.3 x 7.2 mm (6.38 x 3.04 x 0.28 in)
SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 201 g (7.09 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz)
  IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) Stylus (Bluetooth integration) -
Comms
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.3, A2DP, LE
NFC Yes No
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS, QZSS
Radio No No
USB USB Type-C 3.1 USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~516 ppi density) 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~382 ppi density)
Size 6.4 inches, 103.2 cm2 (~83.4% screen-to-body ratio) 6.74 inches, 111.5 cm2 (~89.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Type Super AMOLED, HDR10 Super AMOLED+, 120Hz
Features
Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
  Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) ANT+ Bixby natural language commands and dictation Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) -
Launch
Announced 2018, August 09. Released 2018, August 24 2025, April 17
Status Discontinued Available. Released 2025, April 17
Main Camera
Dual 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4", 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom -
Features LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Triple - 50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), PDAF, OIS 8 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide) 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Video 4K@60fps (no OIS/EIS), 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS, OIS, 10-bit HDR
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) No
Internal 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 512GB 8GB RAM 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM
  UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1
Misc
Colors Metallic Copper, Lavender Purple, Ocean Blue, Midnight Black, Pure White, Alpine White Black, Light Green
Models SM-N960F, SM-N9600, SM-N960F, SM-N960U, SM-N960U1, SM-N960N, SM-N960W, SM-N960X, SCV40 SM-M566B, SM-M566B/DS
SAR 1.29 W/kg (head)     1.03 W/kg (body)     0.71 W/kg (head)    
SAR EU 0.38 W/kg (head)     1.51 W/kg (body)     -
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66, 71 - Global 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66
5G bands - 1, 3, 5, 8, 28, 40, 41, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps HSPA, LTE, 5G
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66, 71 - USA -
Our Tests
Audio quality Noise -93.7dB / Crosstalk -94.1dB -
Battery (old) Endurance rating 97h -
Camera Photo / Video -
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.531 (sunlight) -
Loudspeaker Voice 71dB / Noise 74dB / Ring 80dB -
Performance AnTuTu: 248823 (v7), 315447 (v8) GeekBench: 9026 (v4.4), 2092 (v5.1) GFXBench: 15fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) -
Platform
Chipset Exynos 9810 (10 nm) - EMEAQualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - USA/LATAM, China Exynos 1480 (4 nm)
CPU Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEAOcta-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China Octa-core (4x2.75 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEAAdreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China Xclipse 530
OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 10, One UI 2.5 Android 15, up to 6 major Android upgrades, One UI 7
Selfie camera
Dual 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF 2 MP (dedicated iris scanner camera) -
Features HDR -
Single - 12 MP, f/2.2, (wide)
Video 1440p@30fps Yes
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes No
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers Yes
  32-bit/384kHz audio -